Sugar Free Hot Cocoa Recipe
I love Caribou hot chocolate, but I’ve been trying to cut down on my sugar intake lately, so I wanted to find a sugar-free substitute. (Also to save $$.) After some experimentation, I’ve come up with what I think is a pretty darn amazing substitute.
This recipe will make one serving.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup whole milk (you can’t use 2% or less as the chocolate won’t stay dissolved without the milk fat to bond to)
- 1/2 heaping tsp stevia powder (I’m using Sweet Leaf stevia, which is an 8:1 ratio--whatever you use it needs to be the equivalent of 4 tsp of sugar)
- 0.3 oz unsweetened chocolate (if you want dark chocolate flavored cocoa instead of milk chocolate, you can go to 0.5 oz)
- Optional: 1/8 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions:
- Chop the chocolate up very fine with a knife, until it’s close to powder.
- Pour the milk and stevia into a pot and whisk together.
- Get the milk started over medium heat.
- When the milk is warm to the touch, pour in the chopped chocolate.
- Whisk constantly until the cocoa is the temperature you want. DO NOT allow to boil or it will be ruined.
- If desired, add the vanilla when taking off the heat.
Drink right away. Some of the chocolate will want to condense out, but just stir it a little as you go.
Enjoy but please don’t re-post as your own. Thanks!